Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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International competition for ideas on how to reuse old Montreal Olympic Stadium roof
MONTREAL - The agency that oversees Montreal's Olympic Stadium is looking for ideas to reuse the components of the building's tattered, old roof - including membranes the size of 26 hockey rinks and c...
Apr 16, 2024
News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign
NEW YORK (AP) - Twelve news organizations on Sunday urged presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates, saying they were a "rich tradition" that have been part of e...
Apr 14, 2024
Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour' nightly newscast, dies at 93
NEW YORK (AP) - Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast "The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decad...
Apr 12, 2024
The board has spoken: Teacher fired after competing on 'Survivor Québec' reality show
MONTREAL - Dborah De Braekeleer knew she would have to face her fear of bugs when she volunteered to be marooned on a remote island in the Philippines. But perhaps her greatest challenge awaited her w...
Apr 11, 2024
Books on artificial intelligence, space law shortlisted for Donner Prize
TORONTO - Books on artificial intelligence, space law and wrongful convictions are among the works shortlisted for the $60,000 Donner Prize, which recognizes the best public policy book by a Canadian....
Apr 11, 2024
Disney allowed to pause its federal lawsuit against Florida governor as part of settlement deal
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - An appellate court on Monday granted Disney's request for a two-month pause in a federal lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his appointees to Walt Disney World's govern...
Apr 08, 2024
Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - There are many reasons a dozen people gathered two evenings a week this year in St. John's to build a traditional Newfoundland boat, bending and clamping long planks of wood and han...
Apr 07, 2024
Whitehorse Star newspaper to cease publication after 124 years covering Yukon
WHITEHORSE - The Whitehorse Star newspaper in Yukon is closing after 124 years. The newspaper's front page on Friday announced that its last publication day will be May 17. An online article says the ...
Apr 05, 2024
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announces book detailing her rapid rise in Democratic politics
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will detail her rapid ascent in Democratic politics in a book out this summer, a move that will undoubtedly spark fresh speculation about her poten...
Apr 04, 2024
Quebec music festival cancelled after band makes censorship accusation
MONTREAL - A music festival in northwestern Quebec has been cancelled after a local band accused organizers of rescinding an invitation to perform because of its criticism of an arsenic-emitting coppe...
Apr 04, 2024
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...